I bought some stuff not too long ago...I'm not going to look at the unrealized gain/loss column for a few months at least on those.

I am invested for the long term, but if companies start slashing dividends I may puke in my mouth a little.

Why would companies start slashing dividends? Cash is piling up on balance sheets at unprecedented amounts.

I should have added "If we go into another recession" - which is a large part of why the sell off is occurring, people are fearing another recession.

Hopefully, this all just a temporary blip in all the economic data...some are saying it may be related to the Japan stuff as companies put on the brakes a bit and we didn't see some of the impact until now. Not sure if I buy any of that though...they've been using it for a while.